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Du Pont, Eugene, 1873-1954. Papers, 1835-1956.

Title: Papers, 1835-1956.

This accession contains the personal papers of Eugene du Pont, Jr., and the records of the Kinloch Gun Club, a private shooting club which he founded. It also contains a separate collection of correspondence between Alfred I. du Pont, vice president and general manager of the Du Pont Company, with his assistant Frank L. Connable, which is an important source for the history of the company in the early 1900s.

ArchivalResource: 13 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122392748 View

Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, 1890s-1927

Title: Hudson Maxim papers 1883-1927 1890s-1927

Hudson Maxim (1853-1927) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and explosives expert. He worked as a consultant for the Du Pont Company from 1897 to 1927 and wrote books on explosives and literary and political matters. Collection consists of correspondence; typescripts of speeches, books and articles; patent materials; legal documents; family papers; photographs; and printed matter. Papers document Maxim's career as an inventor and explosives expert; experiments with soybeans and other foods; anti-Prohibition activities; involvement with Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, local affairs; and family and personal life. Bulk of correspondence dates from last few years of Maxim's life, 1925-1927, and concerns his personal and professional activities. Also, speeches delivered by Maxim, 1907-1927; notes, reports, correspondence, blueprint maps, and charts relating to explosion sites and damage; legal documents, ca. 1911-1925; correspondence with canning companies, seed merchants, and state and federal agriculture departments, 1917-1918, concerning his experiments with the preparation and canning of various foods, particularly soybeans; drafts of an autobiography and other writings, ca. 1880s-1920s; and anti-Prohibition speeches, articles and letters to newspaper editors, with related clippings and printed materials, 1920s. Includes photographs of Maxim's friends, family and homes; papers relating to family and personal matters; specifications for his patents, 1880s-1910s; correspondence, minutes and legal documents, 1915-1925, of the Maxim Munitions Corp.; and account books, scrapbooks, address books, autograph album, patent information, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 37.5 linear feet (80 boxes)

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Eastern Dynamite Company. Repauno Works. Superintendent's files, 1889-1906.

Title: Superintendent's files, 1889-1906.

The records consist primarily of files of inter-company correspondence addressed to Oscar R. Jackson (superintendent, 1884-1901) and T. W. Bacchus (superintendent, 1902-1912). The files document the process by which nitroglycerin, smokeless powder and dynamite were manufactured. They describe the installation of machinery, plant construction, product testing, sales and shipping. The files contain a letter from Francis Gurney du Pont to Alexis I. du Pont describing the death of Lammot du Pont in an explosion in 1884. There are also minutes of superintendent's meetings, documentation on employee relations, wages, grievances and work rules.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119130 View

Du Pont, Francis I. (Francis Irénée), 1873-1942. Papers, 1903-1904.

Title: Papers, 1903-1904.

The papers relate to the Du Pont Company's nitrate holdings in Chile, including a sketch of a nitrometer.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122567877 View

Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927. Papers, 1889-1925.

Title: Papers, 1889-1925.

The collection includes a copy of an agreement between Maxim and E.I. du Pont de Nemours (October 17, 1897) whereby Maxim sold to the company his patents for smokeless powder. Also included is correspondence with Alfred I. du Pont and Francis G. du Pont relating to this transaction. A letter to Francis I. du Pont (February 13, 1917) describes a machine gun which Maxim designed. Correspondence with the United States government relates to smokeless powder and the propulsion of torpedoes and torpedo boats. Letters from the Ordnance Department describe the Navy's 1891 tests of Maxim's smokeless powder. Correspondence with Pierre S. du Pont (1916) relates to Maxim's book DEFENSELESS AMERICA, an anti-pacifist polemic. The collection also contains correspondence with British and Swedish producers of smokeless powder, dynamite, munitions and ordnance.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516235 View

Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, bulk (1890s-1927).

Title: Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, bulk (1890s-1927).

Collection consists of correspondence; typescripts of speeches, books and articles; patent materials; legal documents; family papers; photographs; and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 37.5 linear feet (80 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580483 View

Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904. Papers, 1818-1947.

Title: Papers, 1818-1947.

The papers of Francis Gurney du Pont describe both his business activities at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, his family life and his activities in the Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 17.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370774 View

Du Pont, William 1855-1928. William du Pont papers, 1863-1945 (bulk 1880-1928).

Title: William du Pont papers, 1863-1945 (bulk 1880-1928).

William du Pont's papers primarily encompass the years of his active business life from the early 1880s to his death in 1928, with a gap in his correspondence and invoices and receipts for the first decade of the 20th century. There are also some early personal correspondence, land purchasing agreements and papers pertaining to companies whose activities started before William du Pont involvement or lasted after his death. Family correspondence includes letters to and from his parents, sisters, daughter Marion and son William, second wife Annie Rogers du Pont and cousin Alfred I. du Pont. They discuss both family and business matters and are contained in Series I. Personal correspondence and Series II. General correspondence. Series I contains also 1892-1900 correspondence between William du Pont and his personal secretary in the United States, C.K. Lennig, which documents activities related to du Pont estate maintenance and businesses during the family's stay in England, including purchase of the "Montpelier" estate. Business-related correspondence of William du Pont collected in Series II. General correspondence reflects his major activities: involvement with powder and dynamite companies; investments in railroads, transportation, utilities and banking enterprises; membership in horse and cattle breeding societies and clubs, horse show organizations and hunting clubs; contacts with horse breeders and dealers; and construction, renovations and repairs at personal properties and business buildings. Materials of companies which William du Pont operated or invested in compose Series IV. Business papers. Papers of the du Pont high explosives enterprise Repauno Chemical Co. contain financial, technical and operational documents, Gunpowder Trade Association agreements and correspondence of the company first presidents Lammot du Pont (1880-1884) and William du Pont (1884-1892.) Another well-documented family business is U.S.F. Powder Company which papers (1919-1945) are probably the most comprehensive source of information on the development and manufacture of flashless powder by du Ponts. Records of the Hinckley Brake Co. and Miller Train Control Corporation, manufacturers of railroad car brake and stop control devices, contain patents for the devices with related correspondence, promotion and reference materials, minute books and bookkeeping records. The collection contains some papers of the Montpelier Supply Company which was organized in 1911 by William du Pont at his estate in Montpelier, Va. to resell general merchandise to the employees and farmers. Papers include minute book, store inventories, monthly farm payrolls and correspondence of William du Pont on financial and operational matters. Papers of William du Pont contain numerous enclosures. They include financial statements of many companies, prospectuses of banks and investment firms, more than 50 issues of informational leaflets of the Horse Association of America (1921-1927) and National Parks Association (1922-1923), catalogs and advertisements for agricultural products and domestic goods, horse and cattle show programs, photographs, blueprints and newspaper clippings. 17 photographs and 66 glass negatives of firing tests from papers of the U.S.F. Powder Co., together with other visual material from the collection have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections Department, Acc. 2007.205.

ArchivalResource: 84 linear feet, 13 oversize folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/615808393 View

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Legal Dept. Records, 1801-1965.

Title: Records, 1801-1965.

Records of the Legal Dept. include copies of the Du Pont Company's original partnership agreements between E.I. du Pont and Peter Bauduy (1801). There are also copies of the 1899 dissolution agreement and the 1902 incorporation correspondence. Also included are syndicate agreements between T. Coleman, Pierre, and Alfred I. du Pont which document the founding of the modern Du Pont Company.

ArchivalResource: 65.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370806 View